Lot more people lot more demand

Infrastructure specifically

And available jobs

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LOIUR'

Though looks like it doesn't take too long for unemployment to normalize

I could see other cities not responding well to new demands. But I think cities also tend to be able to grow.

So I guess I'm just skeptical that there is some kind of hard limit on Chicago emigration because the neighboring cities aren't able to take more people. If anything, other cities will take up emigrants out of cities like Chicago.

I could very well see cities like Indianapolis continuing to grow. Perhaps even eclipsing cities like Chicago.

I think it jsut depends on how many people leave Chicago how fast

if it is slow not as much of an issue

I see kind of the trap Chicago has put itself in

i mean..

its is called chigaGO

not chigacome

Even if not too many people leave when they raise taxes, they will have to aise taxes further when the population movse downward

Is that why the Pokemon Go event is there?

I have no idea why there's a pokemon go event there. My guess would be that it's the largest city in the midwest.

sorry im not a dad but i sure love my dad jokes

But yeah, stuff like that tends to accelerate the decline. But it need not be the single trigger of the decline.

I just meant cuz they share the name GO

Ok. you got me.

lmao.

Chicago hasn't seen much decline since the 90s yet

Detroit was seen as an ugly city in decline in the 80s.

You can limp for a long time.

And nothing is ever certain.

Chicago had decline in the 80s too

Fair.

60s to 90s decline

and mostly stable since

Almost as many people coming in and being born as leaving

could be on a trend of one step up two steps down though

It's hard to say.

Still looks like decline would be slow

then all the boomers with the pensions die

But it's in a dangerous position and could very well be following Detroit.

For sure its going to be hairy when this next economic bust comes

I could agree with that.

I am pretty convinced there will be one within next 12 years

I mean.

The economy goes up. The economy goes down.

It's never going to be just monotonic.

There will be one eventually.